Button



l(No' Model.)

- R. HORMANN.

-BUTTON.

wiTNEssEs: y j mvENToR ATTORNEYS NITnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH HORMANN, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,797, dated November30, 1897.

Application filed July l. 1897. Serial No. 643,132. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH HORMANN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ho boken, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a button of siniple construction and readilyapplied; and the 1o invention resides in the novel features ofconstruction set forth in the following specificaand claims, andillustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectionalelevation of the button. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a tubebefore compression or riveting. Fig. 3 shows a modification.

The button comprises a top closed at its upper portionl and flanged atits edge 2. To

' in g-plate 3. This plate 3has its edge clamped or held by the flange 2on button-top 1, and

said clamping-plate 3 has a dished center 4,'

with central orifice 5. A tube 6 is shown with a contracted upperportion 7, forming a shoulder 8, near the top end ot' the tube. Thistube has its lower portion flanged, as seen at 9.

The body-piece 10 of the button is clamped at its upper edge to thebutton-top 1 or its flange 2, and has a central Aorifice 11 made toreceive or clasp the Wider or body part 6 of the tube.

Vhen the tube 6 has its upper portion 7 passed through a perforation inthe fabric or cloth 12, the tube-flange 9 is brought to or against oneside of said fabric. The buttonbody 11 being then slipped onto the tubethe upper or contracted part 7 of the latter passes through the orificeof the clamping-plate 3 and strikes against the closed button-top 1.Pressure suitably applied causes the upper or contracted tube portion 7to be flattened or riveted between the button-top 1 and theclamping-plate 3.

The bottom of the tube 6 is open, as seen at 13, and this open bottomallows a stem or tool to be passed into the tube to the inner shoulder14, formed in the tube by the contraction or narrow top 7. This stemsupporting the tube while the button-top 1 is compressed onto thetube-top 7 will confine such compression or flattening to such tube-top.

this button top or disk 1 is secured the clamp- The body 6 is thusprevented from being buckled or' bent, while the tube-top 7 is securedor flattened between the button-top 1 and the clamping-plate 3 or itsdished part et.

The orifice 5v of the clamping-plate 3 is of smaller diameter than thetube-body 6, so that the dish 4 after slipping over the tube` top 7comes to rest on the outer shoulder 8 as said shoulder approaches thebutton-top 1 by the compression of the tube-top 7. The movement ofshoulder 8 toward button-topl also tends to somewhat flatten the dish 4and thereby contract the orifice 5, so that the plate 3 not only restson shoulder 8, but is also firmly clasped to the tube-top 7.

The tube has its side and top closed throughout, having no slot oropening except the open bottom 13. The tube is thus readily and quicklyformed, and its contracted top 7 and the smooth or unbroken side of itsbody 6 enable the tube to be readily passed into a perforation in thecloth 12.

The button-body 10 may have its orifice or central perforation 11replaced by or formed as a tube 11', Fig. 3, the bottom or flange 15 ofwhich sits against the cloth 12. The cloth being clamped or held betweenthe tube parts 15 and 9 the button or its tube 6 is prevented fromsliding or shifting back and forth throughthe cloth12.

WVh'at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A button comprising a tube having a flanged lower portion, and acontracted upper portion forming a shoulder near the top end of thetube, a closed top for the button, a'clamping-plate having its edgeclamped to the button-top and provided with a dished center and centralorifice, and a body-piece clamped at its edge to the button-top andhaving a central orifice made to receive or clasp the wider or body partof the tube, said tube having its bottom open and its side and topclosed and having its upper or contracted portion attened or rivetedbetween the buttontop and the clamping-plate and said clamping-platebeing made to rest its dished portion on the tube-shoulder substantiallyas described.

2. A button comprising a tube having a fianged lower portion, and acontracted upper portion forming a shoulder near the top IOO end of thetube, a closed top for the button, 2t clamping-plate having its edgeclamped to the button-top and provided with a dished center and cent1-a1orifice, and a. body-piece made toinelose the clamping-plate, saidbodypiece being clamped at its edge to the buttontop and having :Lcentral perforated portion of tubular form to receive or clasp the wideror body part of the tube and to extend therealong toward thetube-flange, said tube havin g its bottoni open and its sideand topclosed and having its upper or Contracted portion flattened or rivetedbetween the button-top and the clamping-plate and said clampingpiatebeing made to rest its dished portionon the tube-shoulder substantiallyas described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RUDOLPH HRMANN.

Xvitnesses:

W. C. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

